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Isaiah 36 — Sermon Preparation
The Assyrian field commander Rabshakeh stands outside Jerusalem and challenges the people to surrender, mocking trust in Egypt and in the Lord. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 36, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 385 / 148
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 36 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רַבְשָׁקֵה | Rabshâqêh | H7262 | 12 | Rabshakeh |
| חִזְקִיָּה | Chizqîyâh | H2396 | 9 | Chizkijah |
| אַשּׁוּר | ʼAshshûwr | H804 | 8 | Ashshur |
| נָצַל | nâtsal | H5337 | 8 | snatch |
| בָּטַח | bâṭach | H982 | 7 | hie, precipitately |
| שֶׁבְנָא | Shebnâʼ | H7644 | 3 | Shebna, Shebnah |
| יוֹאָח | Yôwʼâch | H3098 | 3 | Joach |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 36, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The prophet Isaiah is, in this and the three following chapters, an historian; for the scripture history, as well as the scripture prophecy, is given by inspiration of God, and was dictated to holy men. Many of the prophecies of the foregoing chapters had their accomplishment in Sennacherib's invading Judah and besieging Jerusalem, and the miraculous defeat he met with there; and therefore the story of this is here inserted, both for the explication and for the confirmation of the prophecy. The key of prophecy is to be found in history; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Isaiah 36:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Assyria— Isa 36:1
- Arpad— Isa 36:19
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